Quotes tagged ‘voice’

(72 total)

“I defend. Not my voice, but my silence.”

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”

“To write is also not to speak. It is to keep silent. It is to howl noiselessly.”

“You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them … And I sometimes have a hard time understanding how people who don’t have that in their lives make it through the day.”

— David Foster Wallace, medium.com

“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that comes from your words.”

— Jennifer Donnelly, amazon.com

“The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.”

— Jean de la Bruyère, amazon.com

“Be a voice, not an echo.”

— Albert Einstein, goodreads.com

“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”

— John Grisham, forbes.com

“I love a voice that’s really beautiful and clear. I’ve always had a strong curiosity about the voice; I think it’s the most interesting instrument.”

— Briana Marela, vogue.com

“Speaking in a deep voice. Some guys will either consciously or subconsciously lower their voices when talking to a woman they find attractive.”

— GIrls Ask Guys, girlsaskguys.com

“McAllister: 'You take a big risk by encouraging them to be artists, John. When they realize they're not Rembrandts, Shakespeares or Mozarts, they'll hate you for it.' Keating: 'We're not talking artists George, we're talking free thinkers.' McAllister: 'Free thinkers at seventeen?' Keating: 'Funny,…”

— Robin Williams, Leon Pownall, John Keating, George McAllister, amazon.com

“Keating: 'Mr. Anderson, I see you sitting there in agony. Come on, Todd, step up. Let's put you out of your misery.' Todd: 'I, I didn't do it. I didn't write a poem.' Keating: 'Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? Isn't that your wo…”

— Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, John Keating, Todd Anderson, amazon.com

“You must strive to find your own voice because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are going to find it at all.”

— Robin Williams, John Keating, amazon.com

“Todd Anderson [Stands up on his desk]: 'O Captain! My Captain!' Nolan: 'Sit down, Mr. Anderson! Do you hear me? Sit down! Sit down! This is your final warning, Anderson. How dare you? Do you hear me?' Knox [Climbs up onto his desk]: 'O Captain! My Captain!' Nolan: 'Mr. Overstreet, I warn you! Sit do…”

— Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Norman Lloyd, Josh Charles, John Keating, Todd Anderson, Nolan, Knox Overstreet, amazon.com

“Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, 'Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.' Don't be resigned to that. Break out!”

— Robin Williams, John Keating, amazon.com

“It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.”

— Madeleine Albright, huffingtonpost.com

“People alter their voices when speaking to people with whom they are romantically involved on the phone (men tend to speak to female partners in a higher-than-normal tone of voice, while women tend to speak in a lower pitch to male partners). So if your partner starts laying on the seduction with so…”

— Lara Rutherford-Morrison, bustle.com

“Those with shattered souls find it very difficult to speak.”

— Elizabeth A. Smart, amazon.com

“I believe that God is in me the sun is in the color of the fragrance of a flower- the light in my darkness, the voice in my silence.”

— Helen Keller, amazon.com

“The devil's voice is sweet to hear.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com